Oracle JRE up to 1.6.0 memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Oracle JRE up to 1.6.0 (Programming Language Software) and classified as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 2 and earlier, 6 Update 30 and earlier, 5.0 Update 33 and earlier, and 1.4.2_35 and earlier; and JavaFX 2.0.2 and earlier; allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to 2D.

The weakness was shared 02/15/2012 with Oracle (Website). The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-0499 since 01/11/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 11/29/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 72139 (GLSA-201401-30 : Oracle JRE/JDK: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 185006 (HP-UX Running Java Remote Unauthorized Access Vulnerability (HPSBUX02784)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 4062.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (73187) and Tenable (72139). The entries 5000, 5200, 5549 and 5550 are related to this item.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 72139
Nessus Name: GLSA-201401-30 : Oracle JRE/JDK: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 802738
OpenVAS Name: Java Runtime Environment Multiple Vulnerabilities (MAC OS X)
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Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: RHSA-2012:0508
Organization: Oracle
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CVE: CVE-2012-0499 (🔍)
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X-Force: 73187
Vulnerability Center: 34610 - [javacpufeb2012-366318] Oracle Java SE JRE Component and JavaFX \x272D\x27 Remote Unspecified Vulnerability - CVE-2012-0499, Critical
SecurityFocus: 52016 - Oracle Java SE CVE-2012-0499 Remote Java Runtime Environment Vulnerability
Secunia: 48589

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Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/29/2021 18:50
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (67), 04/19/2017 10:31 (15), 11/29/2021 18:43 (2), 11/29/2021 18:50 (1)
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